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AUSTRALIAN RESIDENT DEPARTURES

In 2004 there were 4.4 million short-term resident departures, which was 846,300 less than the number of short-term visitor arrivals (table 21.9). Between 1994 and 2004 the number of Australians travelling abroad increased by 86%.

21.9 SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES
	Departures	Change(a)
	'000	%
1994	2,354.5	3.8
1995	2,518.6	7.0
1996	2,732.0	8.5
1997	2,932.8	7.3
1998	3,161.2	7.8
1999	3,210.0	1.5
2000	3,498.2	9.0
2001	3,442.6	-1.6
2002	3,460.9	0.5
2003	3,388.0	-2.1
2004	4,368.7	28.9
(a) From previous year. Source: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (3401.0).

The 4.4 million short-term resident departures from Australia in the year ended December 2004 is the highest number of resident departures ever recorded for a calendar year. In 2003 there were 3.4 million resident departures.

The top destinations for Australian residents departing short-term during 2004 were New Zealand (815,800 departures), the United States of America (376,000), the United Kingdom (375,100), Indonesia (335,200) and Thailand (188,000) (table 21.10).

Between 2003 and 2004 the number of short-term resident departures increased by 80% to Indonesia; 59% to China; 47% to Thailand; and 43% to Malaysia.

21.10 SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES, By major destinations
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Change(a)
	’000	’000	’000	’000	’000	’000	%
New Zealand	489.0	527.6	599.6	597.4	662.8	815.8	23.1
United States of America	347.1	395.1	293.4	298.9	296.2	376.0	26.9
United Kingdom	312.7	338.8	300.8	318.4	312.9	375.1	19.9
Indonesia	280.5	279.9	288.8	241.8	186.7	335.2	79.5
Thailand	137.0	151.5	166.1	169.0	128.3	188.0	46.5
China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Prov.)	83.4	92.8	109.4	136.9	114.2	182.0	59.4
Fiji	115.3	75.1	94.2	128.2	145.1	175.2	20.7
Singapore	140.8	153.4	160.3	148.9	124.4	158.9	27.7
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	143.9	154.9	149.5	140.6	115.1	152.6	32.6
Malaysia	119.9	135.4	116.4	109.5	100.8	144.3	43.2
(a) From 2003 to 2004. Source: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (3401.0).

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